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 * To follow the dead to graves and be buried their with them.
 * ng sĭm-mûeh khṳ̀ sûn cǹg?
 * What was buried with her?


 * i ēng kŭa nâng khṳ̀ sûn cǹg;
 * they buried the living with the dead.


 * i sûn ng khṳ̀;
 * he killed himself to escape misery.


 * Rich, good, and clear, (as wine).
 * hṳ́ khí cíu kâi bĭ ío cheⁿ-ngĕ, cí khí cíu kâi bĭ ío sûn;
 * that sort of wine is crude and sharp, while this has a more generous flavour.
 * that sort of wine is crude and sharp, while this has a more generous flavour.


 * khǹg kú kâi lău cíu, i kâi bĭ to ío sûn;
 * old wine that has been long kept, has a softer and richer taste.


 * To accord with; to follow; to agree to; to obey, to comply with, to yield; to let a thing pass and not hinder; to be in sympathy with; docile, compliant, unresisting; agreeable; filial; convenient; fair, as a wind; following the grain, as in wood; flowing, rythmicalrhythmical [sic]; easy, graceful, as penmanship; favorable; a mild form, as of small-pox.
 * sŭn-sŭn nē;
 * it furthers our project; it works in our favor.
 * it furthers our project; it works in our favor.


 * sŭn huang, sŭn lâu;
 * with wind and tide.


 * sŭn cúi;
 * follow the current.


 * sŭn i kâi mĕng;
 * obey his commands.


 * lṳ́ tîeh sŭn i kâi ì;
 * you must act in accordance with his wishes.


 * sŭn-chông;
 * comply with.


 * sŭn lō;
 * is on the route.


 * sŭn lō tùi hṳ́-kò̤ kùe;
 * we pass there on our way to our destination.


 * sŭn chíu kueⁿ mn̂g;
 * close the door after you.


 * sŭn chùi tàⁿ chut lâi;
 * let it out heedlessly when talking.


 * sŭn khî cṳ̆-jîen;
 * let it go; such is the luck, it can't be helped.


 * bûn-lí thong sŭn;
 * the style is clear and easy.


 * íⁿ-keng kui-sŭn tong-kok;
 * have returned to their allegiance to China.


 * tŏ̤-li sŭn a ̄m sŭn;
 * Does this doctrine accord with reason or not?


 * sŭn sì cū lô̤hkhṳ̀lô̤h khṳ̀ [sic];
 * followed the drift and went down.


 * i cò̤ khṳ̀ ío sŭn sì;
 * she makes them more stylishly.


 * bô̤ hìeⁿ sŭn chíu;
 * not well adapted to the hand; not easy to wield.


 * i cìeⁿ-sî sŭn chín căi, kìⁿ cò̤ kìⁿ tîeh;
 * he has everything to his hand of late, and succeeds at once in whatever he does.

sut
 * To feel for, to commiserate.
 * bú-sut;
 * to comfort, to solace, to relieve; to show pity in a practical way.
 * to comfort, to solace, to relieve; to show pity in a practical way.


 * bú-sut kàu i hó̤-hó̤;
 * relieve her needs in such fashion as to render her comfortable.


 * bú-sut kàu i kâi sim sí;
 * bestow sympathy until his need of it ends.


 * bô̤ khṳ̀ bú-sut i;
 * did not go and express any pity for him.


 * iu-sut;
 * excessive compassion.


 * To press upon as the wind does in blowing.
 * kî pun huang sut lío phîak-phîak-kìe;
 * the flag, blown by the wind, flutters noisily.
 * the flag, blown by the wind, flutters noisily.


 * huang li-li sut;
 * the wind keeps flapping it.


 * khṳt huang sut phùa khṳ̀;
 * torn by the blast.


 * cúi khṳt huang cē sut, éng cū phû;
 * when the water is blown upon by the wind, the waves rise.


 * A fragment, a crumb, a bit.
 * cêk sut-kíaⁿ;
 * a little.
 * a little.


 * sut kíaⁿ-ni tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
 * only the least bit.


 * Sawdust.
 * kṳ̀-sut;
 * sawdust.
 * sawdust.


 * sĭ châ sut hó̤ a sam sut hó̤?
 * Which is the better the sawdust from hard wood or from pine?


 * thâu-khak eng kṳ̀-sut;
 * has his head spinkled with sawdust; has put on an appearance of being very busy at his trade.


 * The eleventh of the twelve branches.
 * sut sî;
 * from 7 to 9 o'clock P.M.
 * from 7 to 9 o'clock P.M.


 * sut gûeh;
 * the eleventh month in the cycle of twelve.


 * A cricket.
 * tek-sut;
 * a cricket.
 * a cricket.


 * kă tek-sut;
 * to fight crickets.


 * cháu sut;
 * a cricket that lives in the grass.


 * To flog; to beat.
 * khîa tîn-tîo sut i;
 * take a rattan and flog him.
 * take a rattan and flog him.


 * cang chûe lí-kẃn sut;
 * took a club and kept beating him.


 * The way of doing a thing or of effecting an object; an art; a plan; a trick, a device, a hocus-pocus; a mystery, usually something magical or demoniacal; the black art.
 * huap-sût;
 * magical rules; sup superstitious rites.
 * magical rules; sup superstitious rites.


 * i s ŭ io sût kâi eⁿ;
 * it appears to be some magical trick.


 * sṳ-bû sîa sût;
 * the arts of sorcerers.


 * sût-sṳ̆;
 * a conjurer.


 * put hâk bô̤ sût;
 * without practice no art can be acquired.


 * put lŭn s tī cêk eⁿ sût àiⁿ ô̤h kàn ceng sĭ o̤h;
 * whatever be the art to be acquired, it is difficult to learn it thoroughly.


 * To follow another's steps; to narrate.
 * sŭ-sût kàu mêng-pêh;
 * state it clearly.
 * state it clearly.


 * cía sĭ sût i kâi ūe cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ;
 * this is quoting what he said.


 * pĕ cak, kíaⁿ sût;
 * the son follows the practices of his father.